Lead CFD/Wind Engineer

KBR Careers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry leading salaries

20 days annual leave

WFH flexibility

Novated leases

Job summary

KBR is seeking a senior leader for its Computational Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics team in Australia. You will guide technical excellence and growth across Buildings, Defence, Water and Transport sectors, mentoring engineers and shaping national project delivery.

You will champion innovative modelling approaches, leverage cloud HPC, and engage with clients to identify opportunities while strengthening KBR’s industry profile.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualifications preferred (PhD, Master’s or equivalent).
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing CFD/ Wind Engineering team across Buildings/Defence, Water, Transport sectors.
• Drive technical excellence and business growth through client engagement and project delivery.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote collaboration across disciplines.

Skills

Consulting experience

Leadership experience

Business development

National engineering leadership

Physical modelling

Computational modelling

Gas & multiphase flows

OpenFOAM / CFD tools

Cloud HPC

Coding & scripting

Education

Postgraduate qualifications (PhD/Masters)

Tools

OpenFOAM

FastEDDY

ANSYS

Job description

Title: Lead CFD/Wind Engineer In Australia, KBR’s Infrastructure Solutions business employs over 1300 people with offices in each state. Our project delivery track record, industry profile and strong relationships have enabled us to grow significantly, and we continue to expand. This continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure. We are renowned for working in partnership with our clients and construction partners to deliver exceptional outcomes based on our collaborative approach and our “One Team” value. Creating a superb culture is also huge for us and a key part of our success and growth. Genuine collaboration across the business is integral to how we work. As a company KBR have created an open, inclusive organisation where people matter, are valued, and cared about. By joining KBR you can be assured that you are joining a team that pulls in the same direction and shares common values.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior leader for our established Computational Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics team to drive technical excellence and continued growth across a diverse portfolio of complex projects. Operating across multiple market sectors including Buildings/Defence, Water, and Transport you will lead a high performing group of engineers embedded within an established national Engineering Sciences team. In this role, you will work closely with both existing and new clients, ensuring high quality, on time delivery while identifying and developing new opportunities for growth. You will champion innovation by exploring new research directions, leveraging our in‑house cloud based high performance computing facility, and utilise a broad suite of advanced software tools. You will also engage with industry through conferences, technical papers, and thought leadership, helping to elevate the team’s profile and attract world class talent. As a key leader, you will mentor and develop junior engineers, collaborate across disciplines and enhance the team’s capability in both physical and computational modelling. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our fluid mechanics practice and influence nationally significant projects.

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful, you will bring:

• Experience in consulting, ideally with cross‑sector exposure
• Experience across Buildings/Defence, Water, and Transport projects
• Post‑graduate qualifications (PhD, Masters, or equivalent) preferred
• Proven ability and enthusiasm to lead an established engineering team
• Demonstrated team leadership and people development experience
• Strong business development capability and comfort working with clients
• Experience operating in a national engineering leadership capacity
• Expertise in both physical and computational modelling
• Experience working with gas and liquid systems, including multiphase flows
• Proficiency with computational tools, including open-source platforms (e.g., OpenFOAM, FastEDDY) and commercial packages (e.g., ANSYS)
• Experience with cloud‑based HPC environments
• Strong coding and scripting abilities to support modelling workflows

You must currently hold or be able to obtain a Defence clearance https://kbr.foleon.com/is-australia/who-we-are/who-we-are

At KBR, we value you – here’s how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• 20 Days of annual leave per year + the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities

Our people are the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to creating work environments in which every member of our team of teams feels safe, supported, respected, trusted and valued, and where each person is given opportunities to belong, connect and grow.

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values:

• We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
• We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
• We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
• We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
• We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.
• We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.

At KBR, We Deliver.